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Curriculum Vita || Last revised: May 2001 Philip McEldowney's Web Page *Present Library position *Education *Languages *Academic Experience *Teaching Appointments *Publications and Writings *Field Experience *Fellowships and Academic Awards Address: 501 DRUID AVENUE CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22902-6041 Phone: 804-979-6112, Work 804-924-4987 Email:philipmc@virginia.edu Pressent Position: Librarian for the Anthropology and Religious Studies Departments; Selector of South Asia, Tibetan, and Middle East materials. Social Sciences, Alderman Library-University of Virginia [Report and Goals - May 2001 || 2000 || 1999.] Education:  MLS: December 1995.
University of North Carolina-Greensboro.PhD: History of Modern India, August 1980.
University of Virginia.MA: Comparative Tropical History, June 1967.
University of Wisconsin.MA: Indian Studies, June 1966.
University of Wisconsin.BA: History & Political Science, June 1963.
Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa.
Languages: Research competence in Hindi, Urdu, and German. Read Devanagri and Shikasta (Urdu/Farsi) scripts. Academic experience and positions:  1996- : Librarian for the Anthropology and Religious Studies
Departments, Alderman Libary, University of Virginia1993-96:
South Asia and Middle East Specialist, Collection
Development, Alderman Library, University of Virginia1987-93: Library Assistant, South Asia collections and
Bibliography, Alderman Library-University of
Virginia1980: Career Opportunities Institute for PhDs in the
the Social Sciences and Humanities program at
the McIntire School of Commerce, University of
Virginia1971/72: Research assistant on Indian Peasant Movements
Project under Professor Walter Hauser, University
of Virginia1966/67: Library Assistant, University of Wisconsin,
cataloging South Asian materialsSummer 1965: Research assistant, Development of undergraduate
course materials and readings in the modern
history of the non-Western world, University of
WisconsinTeaching appointments: 1986/87: Department of History, University of Virginia.
Upperdivision course on Modern India1985/86: Department of History, James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, Virginia. Courses on History of the
Modern Middle East1982/83: Department of History, Appalachian State University,
Boone, N. C. History of World Civilization courses1976/77: Department of History, Longwood College, Farmville,
Virginia. Courses on Modern History of India, and
South Asian Civilization1967-1970: Department of Area Studies, State University
College, Oneonta, N. Y. Courses titled History of
Modern India, Civilization of South Asia, and
History of Modern Africa, three yearsSummer 1967: Peace Corps Training Program, University of
California, Riverside. Lectures on Indian
culture, society and politicsSummer 1965: Peace Corps Training Program, University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Lectures on Indian
culture, society and politicsPublications and writings: Library Science Papers, 1990s including -
*Women in Cinema: A Reference Guide (1994)
*Scholarly Electronic Journals: A Research ProposalColonialism in an Indian Hinterland by D.E.U. Baker - "Book
Review," Journal of Asian Studies, 53 (Aug '94), 958-9.Articles and Reviews in the University of Virginia South Asia
Center's
Newsletter, such as Beyond Books for
2000 (and also
2000),
1999
and 1998,
and publication (monthly) of "Selected Cataloged Materials
on South Asia," University of Virginia, 1987 to the present.
Colonial Administration and Social Developments in Middle India:
The Central Provinces, 1861-1921, PhD dissertation, University
of Virginia, 1980.
"
A Brief Study of the Pindaris of Madhya Pradesh,"
Indian Cultures Quarterly, 27 (1971), 35-70.
"
Pindari Soceity and the Establishment of British Paramountcy in India,"
Masters thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1966.
Field Work: Research in archives and libraries, and interviews; state
archives in central India (Bhopal and Nagpur), district
libraries in Hoshangabad, Raipur, and Jabalpur, national
archives in Delhi, both in 1989/90 and 1975.Research and interviews in England (India Office Library,
British Museum, Oxford University, Cambridge University,
etc.), 1989, and 1972/1973.
Travel: Fulbright College Teachers' Seminar on Indian Civilization:
travel and seminars around India (Bombay, Poona,
Aurangabad, Hyderabad, Madras, Mysore, Halebid, Calcutta,
Varanasi, Jaipur, Agra, Delhi, Simla), and individual
trip through Africa (Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Entebe, Accra
to London), 1968.Trips to and from India through Europe and the Far East
during childhood, 1941-1959, also within India between
Mussoorie and Jabalpur and trip to southern India.
Fellowships and academic awards: 1989/90: Senior Fellow, American Institute of Indian Studies,
research in the archives of central India on its
modern history and surveying archival holdings1976/77: Outreach coordinator and teaching intern, Center for
South Asian Studies, University of Virginia1974/75: Junior Fellow, American Institute of Indian Studies,
for dissertation research in India1972/73: Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Abroad Award,
for dissertation research in the United KingdomSummer 1968: Fulbright award to participate in Seminar for
College Teachers of Indian Civilization, in India1963-1966: Three Annual NDFL (Title VI) Language and Area
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